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1.1       www         1: \label{exam_basics}
1.3       felicia     2: 
1.2       www         3: There are multiple things here that you will need in order to run an exam.
                      4: \begin{enumerate}
1.6       riegler     5: \item You will need to be able to get a file from your scanning office
1.5       raeburn     6: that is a scan of the bubblesheets.
1.6       riegler     7: \item You will need to modify the scantronformat.tab file to properly
1.1       www         8: describe what your data file looks like.
1.2       www         9: \end{enumerate}
1.1       www        10: 
1.6       riegler    11: To see a homework problem set turned into a bubblesheet exam you need to set the parameter 'problemtype' for the set to 'exam' using the \textbf{Parameter Manager}, see section \ref{Course_Setting_Parameters}.
                     12: The set of problems now should automatically convert to a
                     13: ``bubbled input'' display, both online and when printing.
1.1       www        14: You should be able to print out all of the exams now and there will be
                     15: an individualized exam for each student.
                     16: 
                     17: When grading the exam you will need to 
1.2       www        18: \begin{enumerate}
1.6       riegler    19: \item View any problem within the set
                     20: \item Click on
1.7     ! raeburn    21: \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{pgrd}
        !            22: \textbf{Content grades}
1.6       riegler    23: \item Click on
                     24: \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{stat}
                     25: \textbf{Grade/Manage/Review Bubblesheets}
                     26: \item You will then need to upload the bubblesheet data file to the LON-CAPA
                     27: server
                     28: \item Once it is uploaded go back to the 
                     29: \textbf{Grade/Manage/Review Bubblesheet} screen
                     30: \item Fill in the \textbf{Specify file and which Folder/Sequence to grade} form 
1.2       www        31: \end{enumerate}
1.1       www        32: 
1.6       riegler    33: From there on out LON-CAPA tries to describe what is going on in detail so
1.1       www        34: reading the screen and answering the questions should be straight
                     35: forward.
                     36: 
1.5       raeburn    37: We are also supporting anonymous mode of using bubblesheet exams. 
1.1       www        38: 
                     39: Basically some people don't want to take the time to hand out 300
1.4       raeburn    40: exams to individual students (e.g., to make sure Alice gets Alice's exam and
1.1       www        41: Bob gets Bob's exam.) So we have another mode, where we generate
                     42: different exam versions all of which have a 6-letter 'CODE' which
1.4       raeburn    43: control the random numbers. The generation and grading of these is a
1.2       www        44: bit more complex.
                     45: \begin{enumerate}
1.6       riegler    46: \item Go to a resource in a course
                     47: \item Click
1.7     ! raeburn    48: \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{prt}
        !            49: \textbf{Print}
        !            50: in the Functions menu. 
1.6       riegler    51: 
                     52: \item Select 'Selected Problems from $<$mapname$>$ for CODEd assignments'
                     53: \item Specify formatting information for the printouts of your exam
                     54: \item Click \fbox{Next}
                     55: \item Type in the number of exams you want generated
                     56: \item If you want to save the CODEs for later so the bubbled input can be
1.1       www        57:     validated, type in a name to save them under
1.6       riegler    58: \item Click \fbox{Next}
                     59: \item Print them out
                     60: \item Fill in some bubblesheet forms
                     61: \item Get them scanned
                     62: \item Upload the scan results
                     63: \item Go to a resource in the exam 
                     64: \item Click
1.7     ! raeburn    65: \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{pgrd}
        !            66: \textbf{Content grades}
1.6       riegler    67: on the Inline Menu
                     68: \item Click on
                     69: \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{stat}
                     70: \textbf{Grade/Manage/Review Bubblesheets}
1.5       raeburn    71: \item Select the map, datafile, bubblesheet format that knows where a CODE
1.1       www        72:      is on the form, and the name that CODEs where saved under
1.6       riegler    73: \item Click \fbox{Grading: Validate Bubblesheet Records}
                     74: \item Follow the on screen prompts
1.2       www        75: \end{enumerate}